Donate Airline Miles to Help Military Personnel on Furlough–Truth! Summary of eRumor: The eRumor says you can donate air miles to help military personnel make connections to their hometowns while on furlough. The Truth: This one is true. During the Iraq war, military personnel were being given two-week furloughs that involved free flights to several …
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The Fifty States Reference God in their Constitutions–Truth! Summary of eRumor: The email includes phrases said to be from the constitutions of all fifty states in the U.S….and all of them acknowledge God, an interesting fact in the midst of controversy over the separation of church and state. The Truth: We checked them all …
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Charleton Heston’s Speech at Harvard Law School-Truth! Summary of eRumor: Charleton Heston is said to have given a speech at the Harvard Law School which, at the time, was regarded as a boring presentation by a Conservative in a mostly liberal environment. Rush Limbaugh liked the speech, however, and read it on the …
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Golden Corral Restaurants Have Decided to Leave God Out of “God Bless America”–Fiction! Summary of eRumor: It is said that in September of 2002, a customer of Golden Corral in Tyler, Texas noticed that the windows of the restaurant, which were painted with a patriotic theme, also had the phrase “Bless America” with “God” left …
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s November 2003 visit to U.S. troops in Afghanistan was spun into a fanciful tale of liberal pique online, framed in some iterations as a concerned email from an actual veteran. Clinton, who was a senator representing New York state at the time, did indeed visit Bagram Air Base on …
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Flashing Your Headlights At An Oncoming Car Could Get You Killed by a Gang Member–Fiction! Summary of eRumor: A warning from law enforcement that if you see a car driving without headlights, don’t flash your headlights or in any other way try to signal the car about the lack of lights. The reason is that gang …
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Typing Telephone Numbers Into Google.com Can Return Maps to the Number’s Address–Truth! Summary of eRumor: This is a warning that the search engine at www.google.com has a feature that will map the location of a telephone number. It suggests having Google remove your number so anyone with harmful motives will not be able to use …
This rumor started circulating shortly after then-Senator Hillary Clinton made a Thanksgiving visit to the soldiers in Iraq in 2003. It includes a picture of a U.S. soldier shaking hands with Sen. Clinton. He is also crossing the fingers of his left hand, which the email says is a soldier’s sign for coercion. The Truth: There …
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Pictures of Alligator Swimming with Dead Deer in Its Mouth-Truth! Summary of eRumor: Pictures of an alligator swimming in a lake with a dead deer in its mouth. The text says the picture was taken by a media helicopter from KTBS over Lake George in Ocla, Florida. The Truth: The pictures are authentic, but …
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Kyle, the 14-year-old Who Died From Inhaling Dust-Off–Truth! Summary of eRumor: The email is a long letter from a grieving father warning others about the potentially lethal effects of inhaling the compressed air product “Dust-Off.” It describes the death of his 14-year-old son. The Truth: The “Jeff” of this email is Jeff Williams of …
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